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City’s Motion to Dismiss Denied

Federal Judge Cormac J. Carney resoundingly rejected the City of San Luis Obispo’s motion to dismiss, allowing a case brought by unhoused residents and Hope’s Village SLO to move forward. Read More Here.… Read more

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End the Criminalization of Homelessness

On September 17, 2021, PILP, along with California Legal Rural Assistance and Law Office of Babak Naficy filed a lawsuit against the City of San Luis Obispo in federal court, seeking to stop the City’s practice of criminalizing homelessness, unlawfully … Read more

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Victory for Tenants!

On August 25, 2021, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal rejected LA apartment owners’ challenge to the City’s eviction moratorium. PILP, along with Susman Godfrey LLP, Public Counsel, and Western Center on Law & Poverty represent intervenors Alliance of … Read more

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Thank you to Our Donors, Grantors, and Foundation Sponsors

Public and private grantors are an invaluable source of support for the Public Interest Law Project.

With the generous donations and grants we receive, PILP is able to ‘Advance justice for low-income people and communities.’

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Fellowship Opportunities

THE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW PROJECT SEEKS FELLOWSHIP APPLICANTS FOR FALL 2019

Founded in 1996, The Public Interest Law Project (PILP) is a nonprofit legal support center for California legal services and other public interest law programs.  PILP advances justice for … Read more

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Rural GAP Turns Five

Five years ago, the Public Interest Law Project began a special project to increase access to General Assistance (GA) benefits in rural areas. Through its Rural General Assistance Project (Rural GAP), PILP seeks to increase access to these critical benefits … Read more

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Monterey County GA

Monterey County implements improved General Assistance Aid standards for County’s Neediest Residents

The Monterey County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution approving new aid payment standards for their General Assistance (GA) Program. The new aid payment standards are the result … Read more

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Housing Protected in Costa Mesa!

A developer may not convert a Costa Mesa residential motel to a luxury apartment complex by circumventing planning and zoning requirements for affordable housing, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled last week in The Kennedy Commission, et al. v. … Read more

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Victory in Mountain View!

Mountain View tenants, proponents of Measure V, and advocacy groups won a complete victory in a lawsuit from the California Apartment Association (CAA) and a number of institutional landlords that challenged Measure V, the City’s new voter-approved rent stabilization and … Read more

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Rural GAP — Shriver

Increasing Access Through the Rural GA

This article was first published on povertylaw.org, May 19, 2015
© 2015 Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

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